Wrench.



(WILLIAM D. GAR-manor BEDIAs; TEXAS; AssIeNon or JonNL. CORNER, TWO-NINTHS TO'HARv-Er-SA,

. f TwofNlNTHs lTo MCDONALD,' AND- Two p MNTHS IO JOSEPHJ- PLASTER, QEBEDIAS TEXAS; y'

.Be known that, WILLIAM D. GRRARD, a a' citizen of the United States, residing at;

Bedias, the countyof Grimes and .Stlfite orl Texas, Vhavey invented a new and` useful ll/'renclnv of Whiclrthefollowing isa specijicayThis vinvention relates to wrenches, i and has for an object' to? provide a wrench einbodying new and improved features of vc onvenience; durability, utility, .and efliciency.

the work causes it to move 'angularly about the pivot and to clamp the slidlng j'awfupon 'movement ofthe jaw.

the Work and; a. detent to prevent a returnk .t with thse. and other objeta jin View th present inventioneo-'nsists in thecombination r and arrangementuof arts,-a sw1ll be hereinafterfully described, s own inthe accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed outin the `vappendeiil ol-alins, it being understood that changes inthe form, proportion, (size,`

' and minor details Ina ybe made Without de parting from' the-spi1"1t. or`sacriiicing any of4 theadvantages of this invention; z

f IntheA drawings, Figurel isa.pers'peetive view'of the improved wrench. Fig: 2 .isa

- transverse sectionalr view through the; slid.

Vin jaw and on line 2 2 of Fig. 1..

ike Y character-of' sponding parts vin both figures-of the-drav'vf ,-In itsprefierred embodiment the improved rWrench* forming the subject-'matter of this applicationcomprisesa shank 10, having at one end a rigid jaw ,11,-"whichn1aybeformed integral Wit conneetedfinfany.approved manner, as by a mortise 12, in which l.the end ofthe 'shan'kisA end opposite' the jaw the vhandle 14 ispivoted 1 tothe shank, as bythe pin 15,1 through the one side substantially erpendicular and the other.. side.inclined toit e shank and .with the inclined sides disposed toward the handle.. Upon the shank is mennted the s lidable jaw the p ane opposing xga `ngfaoes25."k ,t y

t Will be rre'adil understood thatja move- 65jr ment of thehand e, as indicated by the, lar- `row,'Will-move lthe jaw '18 toward the jaw 11,- the detent 19 ridingover thel inclined sides o f `engaging f the perpendicular 'sides to prevent u idly connected in any approved manner and reference'indicate correconnecting the handlefand the slidable jaw k whereby an angular. movement of the handle slides the vjaw and means lcarried bythe jaw to preventfaretu'rn movement. f thes'hank, or thetwornay be f the Ajaw to 'engage' the raoklj spscicationofreiters Patent.' 'resented March 13,1906.; 'i Application filed September'ZO. 1 9Q5., ieri-al`llo. 279,324. i I i 1 8!` having a detent 19, Inountedjtherei` i-1d with. oneor more springs 20 arranged to hold 55 #the detent in engagement-- with the rack 17 Rigidly connected lor'integ'ral Witht'he jaw v1.8.is athrus'tfbar 2 1, the end of'whch op .0'- site the jaw ispivoted, as by the pin 22, ef tweenthe spaced ears 23 rigid With the handl'e. The jaw'svlxl and 18 may be providedwith 'any'a proved form of worki'engaging faces, as

- aces 24 and the pipe-en the teethy ofv rack'1`7 lthat direction, but

la return movement until the detent is released.

Y By this construction the movement ofthe wrench to turn the work Will-'cause Athe mov- Workrnay'beturned in theireverse direction, 7'5 Y "It'Willbe obvious that the several parts of i the handle maybe formedintgral or rig" `composed of any 'approved @material or conn-y bination of materia s and ,that the same is 'true'in 4relation to' the shank and jaw 11fand `the a'w `18 and its thrust-bar 21." f

.l avngthus deseribed'the invenfimwht is claljmedis 1. In a Wrench, af shank rovidediwith'ua' y v jaw therewith, ajaw s idable `upon the shank, a 'handle'pi'voted to the shank,` means jaw 'rigidtherewith-andwit a' rack formed 95.l

rigidl along" one'4` side a `jaw slidable i upon v the s ank, a` l 1s a.nd le ivoted tolthelshank, -meanseonneeting the andleand the slidable, .lw Whrebyan angularmovement ofthe `handle slides they jaw and" means carried by 3-l In a' Wrench .a Shank? jawrigid therewith and .wit a rack formed rlgidly along-one'side, a Ajaw slidableu on ro-vided a- Y the handle andl the slidable javif -whereby anangular movement of the handle slides v thejaw and means carried by the jaw to en gage the rack. a

4. A wrench comprlsmg a shank provided :with a jaw rigid therewith and with a rack along one side, a jaw slidable upon the shank a handle pivoted to the shank at the end 0E- posite the jaw, a thruet-bar carried by t e slidable jaw and pivoted to thehandle and means carried by the jaw to engage the rack. 5. Awreneh comprising, a shank rovided with a jaw rigid therewith and Wit a rack along one Side a jaw slidable pol'i the Shank, a handle pivoted to the shank at the end opposite the rigid jaw, a thrust-bar carried by the slidable jaw and pivoted tothe handlel vand a spring-actuated detent carried by the W. W. HALL, v J. E. SMITH. 

